Past MO-AFCC Events

The Missouri Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (MO-AFCC)
The MO-AFCC was created to bring cutting-edge educational opportunities to professionals working with high-conflict families in Missouri. This goal is accomplished through the sponsorship of free regional lunch-and-learn and happy hour sessions, and through the provision of an annual spring conference, as well as other events. The focus of these events vary, and each provides invaluable information for attorneys, mediators, therapists, evaluators, guardian ad litems, judges, and other professionals who work with families. 

A list of selected past conference and lunch-and-learn offerings are detailed below. If you have specific questions about a past event, please email [email protected].

Past Conferences and Webinars

Past Lunch-and-Learn and Happy Hour Sessions

  • August 16, 2024 - Lunch and Learn (via Zoom) - Appointing a Parenting Coordinator – Getting It Right for Families
  • October 6, 2023 - Mediating the Tough Topics: Guns
  • June 16, 2023 - ABCs of Parenting Coordination
  • January 20, 2023 - Lunch and Learn: Collaborative Practice – An Interdisciplinary Alternative to Traditional Divorce​ 
  •  January 21, 2022, via Zoom - Whose Records Are They – ​And What Are the Ethics?
  • July 16, 2021, via Zoom - Getting the Most Out of Short Mediations: Two-hour Court-Mandated Mediation
  • ​February 19, 2021, via Zoom - Legal Substances in Family Court: Marijuana and Prescription Drugs
  • January 31, 2020, in Springfield, MO – “Who, When and How- Involving Mental Health Professionals in Family Law Cases” with Kevin J. Chafin, LPC, Larry V. Swall, JD, and ​Simone A. Haberstock, JD
  • January 31, 2020, in St. Louis, MO – “​Ethics of Self Care for Professionals in Family Law” with Nicole Pace, LCSW, Erika Ottolini, LPC, and the Honorable Ellen W. Dunne
  • September 27, 2019 in St. Louis, MO – “Best Practices - When and How to Use GALs and Domestic Relations Services” with Cynthia Albin, JD, Jeffrey Medler, JD, M.J. Crawford, MEd, and the Honorable Bruce Hilton.
  • June 21, 2019 in St. Louis, MO – “Have You Been Drinking:  Evaluation, Treatment, Monitoring, and Parenting Plans When Alcohol is an Issue” with Dr. Ralph H. Orlovick, Judge Nicole S. Zellweger, and Sarah Pleban, JD
  • May 10, 2019, in Columbia, MO – Lunch and Learn with Larry V. Swall, JD, Kevin Chafin, LPC, and Simone A. Haberstock, LLM, JD
  • April 18, 2018, in Clayton, MO – “Mental Health Involvement in Family Law Cases” with Rick Scott, PhD, and Simone A. Haberstock, JD, LLM
"Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family."
​~Kofi Annan